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Home A Memoir Of My Early Years»rank: 2990par: Julie Andrews
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Syphilis, alcoholism, infidelity, and indeterminate parentage may seem improbable touchstones in the back story of one who didn't so much portray as embody the blithe Maria in The Sound of Music. But as this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theatre, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. While arguably ... |
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Seven Troop»rank: 8689par: Andy Mcnab
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Syphilis, alcoholism, infidelity, and indeterminate parentage may seem improbable touchstones in the back story of one who didn't so much portray as embody the blithe Maria in The Sound of Music. But as this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theatre, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. While arguably ... |
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A Nurse's Story»rank: 2850par: Tilda Shalof
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Syphilis, alcoholism, infidelity, and indeterminate parentage may seem improbable touchstones in the back story of one who didn't so much portray as embody the blithe Maria in The Sound of Music. But as this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theatre, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. While arguably ... |
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty»rank: 786par: Muhammad Yunus
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith»rank: 13921par: Aerosmith, Stephen Davis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey»rank: 10746par: Ernesto Che Guevara
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |
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Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs»rank: 12666par: Andy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand, Malcolm Macpherson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |
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Life: The Classic Collection»rank: 7277par: Time Inc.
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |
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Tried By War»rank: 10126par: James Mcpherson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |
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George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals--and a Few Unappreciative ...»rank: 23021de: Random House
Chroniques et points de vue:From :From Aerosmith's heyday in the late 1970s, which they spent 'gacked to the nines' (as lead singer Steven Tyler puts it), to the Aerosmith of today--clean, sober, and adored by millions--the band has a long, hard history. Walk This Way chronicles the whole story: drugs, booze, and all. Prefaced with the now familiar rock-star 'intervention,' when Steven Tyler's loved ones cornered him in his manager's office in 1986, the autobiography traces Aerosmith's twisted road, from their New Hampshire roots to their success in Boston to the worldwide fame that ... |